#dc-10

[lonestarflight]

Tanker DC-10 at the Wahluke Slope Fire/ Lower Crab Creek/Saddle Mountain Washington.

Date: September 2018

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[nocternalrandomness]

TANKER 910 dropping on the 2020 Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains near Tucson, Az

[4ir1in3z]

McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Lufthansa.

[classicairlinememories]

Mexicana DC-10

[lesbiancervidologist]

DC-10 girlies how we feeling about FedEx retiring all of their MD-10-30s by May 2023

[esqapevelocity]

DC-10

[brianfrench1995]

St. Paul's International Airport - Minneapolis, Minnesota Northwest DC-10 Postcard N144US

@postcardtimemachine

[chaptertwo-thepacnw]

[xedgehog]

DC-10 Tail...

American Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10. Its interesting how one can make art from a poorly composed snapshot. Judicious cropping and resizing can rescue an image.

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[visitafghanistan]

Ariana Afghan Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10 On the eve of British withdrawal “west of Suez” in the late 1950s, several nations that previously relied on British airline services began setting up their own flag carriers. The kingdom of Afghanistan was no different, and in January 1955, Aryana Airlines was established, with the government of Afghanistan owning a controlling interest. Operations began shortly thereafter with a fleet of three Douglas DC-3s. In 1957, Pan American Airways bought a 49% share in Aryana, which was subsequently renamed Ariana Afghan Airlines as it began expanding its routes with the help of Pan American. To further expand its fleet, Ariana was given $1.1 million in US aid. In 1967, the Afghani government split off Ariana’s domestic routes to a new airline, Bakhtar Alwatana. Ariana then relied on three Boeing 727s and a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 for international routes. The Soviet-Afghan War (1980-1988) hurt Ariana, but it was able to continue its international routes, though it was forced to sell the DC-10 under Soviet pressure to buy Tupolev Tu-154s. Bakhtar took over Ariana in 1985, but this was short-lived; once the Soviets withdrew from Afghanistan in 1988, Bakhtar ceased operations and became Ariana Afghan once more.  The collapse of the civil order in Afghanistan after the takeover of the Taliban had a similar effect on Ariana. UN sanctions reduced Ariana to domestic operations in Afghanistan and flights to Pakistan and Dubai; making matters worse was Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda terrorist network using Ariana as essentially a courier and transportation service. Al-Qaeda terrorists, using false Ariana employment papers, were able to gain access to several nations to commit terrorist acts, including the 1999 Kenya and Tanzania embassy bombings. Following the September 11 attacks and the United States’ subsequent invasion of Afghanistan, most of Ariana’s surviving fleet was destroyed in October 2001 by airstrikes on Kabul airport.   With the Taliban removed from power, UN restrictions on Ariana Afghan were lifted, and Air India donated three Airbus A300s for international operations; Ariana relied on its surviving 727s for domestic operations, and later acquired A310s as well. Ariana resumed international flights in 2002. However, in 2006, the EU banned Ariana from flying to Europe, citing maintenance and security concerns. As of this writing, the ban has yet to be lifted, and with Afghanistan’s continued political turmoil, Ariana’s future remains in doubt.  YA-LAS was delivered to Ariana in 1979 and flew with them until 1985, when it was sold to British Caledonian. It was converted to a cargo aircraft and started a new career with Centurion Air Cargo from 2004 to 2010, was retired, and was last known to be in storage at Opa-Locka Airport in 2016.

[usafphantom2]

USAF McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender 85-0033 by Mark Allison Via Flickr: On static display at the Aerospace Valley Airshow 2022 at Edwards Air Force Base. -15/10/2022

[lonestarflight]

A McDonnell Douglas DC-10 on approach to landing at sunset.

Artwork by Robert McCall, 1968, commissioned by General Electric Company (GE).

Mike Acs's Collection: link

[nocternalrandomness]

Northwest DC-10 Schiphol arrival

[feralnumberfive]

WHO WAS GONNA TELL ME N306FE WAS FINALLY RETIRED

[asphaltapostle]

I think this might be my best landing of all time, any time - real life or sim - which is actually kinda sad lol.

I was hand flying the whole time though! with my fucking iPad!

look at how much fucking flap surface area the DC-10 has in landing config lmao.

[airmanisr]

14_040651 SDASM Image by SDASM Archives Via Flickr: DC-10 Shipped on Super Guppy--Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum